iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF
60 hedge funds and large institutions have $105M invested in iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF in 2014 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 10 funds opening new positions, 8 increasing their positions, 25 reducing their positions, and 3 closing their positions.
233% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 10 | Existing positions closed: 3
13% more funds holding
Funds holding: 53 → 60 (+7)
4.92% less ownership
Funds ownership: 40.88% → 35.96% (-4.9%)
21% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $133M → $105M (-$28.3M)
68% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 8 | Existing positions reduced: 25
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
USAA
United Services Automobile Association
San Antonio,
Texas
|
+$2.52M |
| 2 |
VKH
Virtu KCG Holdings
New York
|
+$939K |
| 3 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
+$906K |
| 4 |
Citadel Advisors
Miami,
Florida
|
+$676K |
| 5 |
Fifth Third Bancorp
Cincinnati,
Ohio
|
+$503K |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lazard Asset Management
New York
|
-$14M |
| 2 |
SG Americas Securities
New York
|
-$10.3M |
| 3 |
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
|
-$4.19M |
| 4 |
Wells Fargo
San Francisco,
California
|
-$1.51M |
| 5 |
BlackRock
New York
|
-$603K |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
NSIM
51
North Star Investment Management
Chicago,
Illinois
| $22K | +$21.8K | +520 | New |
|
|
SFSIG
52
San Francisco Sentry Investment Group
San Francisco,
California
| $20K | – | – | – |
|
|
CFA
53
Carroll Financial Associates
Charlotte,
North Carolina
| $19K | – | – | – |
|
|
S
54
SignatureFD
Atlanta,
Georgia
| $16K | +$15.1K | +360 | New |
|
|
FNBT
55
FineMark National Bank & Trust
Fort Myers,
Florida
| $11K | – | – | – |
|
56
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
Paris,
France
| $8.11K | +$7.64K | +182 | New |
|
|
DADC
57
D.A. Davidson & Co
Great Falls,
Montana
| $6K | -$6.3K | -150 | -50% |
|
|
WEC
58
Winslow Evans & Crocker
Boston,
Massachusetts
| $4.32K | – | – | – |
|
|
TWA
59
TCI Wealth Advisors
Tucson,
Arizona
| $4K | – | – | – |
|
|
60
Lazard Asset Management
New York
| – | -$14M | -326,060 | Closed |
|
61
Nomura Asset Management
Tokyo,
Japan
| – | -$362K | -8,400 | Closed |
|
62
Deutsche Bank
Frankfurt Am Main Ge,
Germany
| – | -$95.3K | -2,270 | -100% |
|
63
Envestnet Asset Management
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$46K | -1,074 | Closed |
|
KXI Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2014 in Review
60 of the 3,462 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF (KXI) for Q1 2014, worth a combined $105M — down 21% from $133M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 10 funds opened new KXI positions and 3 closed out — a net gain of 7 holders — while 8 added to existing stakes and 25 trimmed.
The largest buyer was United Services Automobile Association, adding an estimated $2.52M. The largest seller was Lazard Asset Management, exiting entirely with an estimated $14M sold.
- 60 institutional investors held iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF (KXI) as of Q1 2014, up from 53 in Q4 2013.
- Funds reported $105M of iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF stock for Q1 2014, down 21% quarter-over-quarter.
- 10 funds opened new iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF positions in Q1 2014 and 3 closed out, a net change of +7 holders.
- The largest iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF buyer in Q1 2014 was United Services Automobile Association, an estimated $2.52M added.
- The largest iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF seller in Q1 2014 was Lazard Asset Management, an estimated $14M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2014.